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Accidents - Hammers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 839
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:66
Year 1999:17
Year 2001:76
Year 2002:205
Year 2004:58
Year 2007:162
Year 2008:220
Year 2009:16
Year 2010:15

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 05/24/2010Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers, Other unpowered garden tools
DX L LOWER RIB INTERCOSTAL STRAIN: 69YOM C/O R LOWER CHEST WALL PN STARTED AFTER CHOP' WOOD W MALLET & WEDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
BACK PAIN HITTING TREE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER DX: THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HAMMERING ON A PROJECT,AFTER FINISHED HAD CP ACROSS LOW CHEST TO RT;ACH Y,CONSTANT. NSTEMI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/30/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
HAS PUNCTURE WUND TO CHEST WALL FROM HAMMER HEAD FRAGMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2008Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX PLEURISY: PRESENTS W SUDDEN ONSET L SIDED RIB PAIN W LAY'G ON H-WOOD FLOOR W L SIDE DOWN HAMMER'G NAILS INOT THE FLOOR BOARD; FELT POP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT WAS MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS AND USING HAMMER AT HOME. DX: UPPER BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HAD CHEST PAIN WHILE SWINGING A MAUL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/12/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers
PATIENT WAS HITTING 2 HAMMERS TOGETHER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS CHEST. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hammers
PT AT HOOME SLEDGEHAMMERING CEMENT CHEST PAIN/ DX UPPER CHEST MUSCULAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PATIETN C/O RINB PAIN, FELL ON A HAMMER. DX-CONTUSION RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2007Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Tree stands
BUILDING TREE STAND AND HAMMERING AND CARRYING MATERIALS AND DEVELOPED SCAPULAR PAIN T6 COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
FELL ON THE HANDLE OF A SLEDGEHAMMER. DX- CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2002Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers, House repair or construction materials
PATIENT WORKING WITH A MALLET/DRIVING A 2 X 4 BOARD. HE LOST BALANCE & FELL. DX:BLUNT TRAUMA INJURY & PAIN TO UPPER RIB CAGE/UPPER TRUNK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HAMMERING WITH A TACK, TACK FLEW IN RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT HIT SELF IN R RIB AREA WITH A HAMMER. OP X-RAY SHOWS NO FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2001Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/09/1999Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/1997Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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